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title: Why the SAP Developer Network is Kicking Ass
date: 2006-07-11T19:26:15Z
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[SAP Developer Network Blogs](https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/3965 "SAP Developer Network Blogs")

For a lot of reasons actually. Not least is building communities using the [Passionate Users](http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/) playbook. [What level can you get to](http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2005/07/what_can_softwa.html)?

The SAP Developer Network (SDN) is bootstrapping by allowing its users to [kick ass](http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2005/06/kicking_ass_is_.html).

If you work at BEA, IBM or Microsoft or Oracle its time to add to those whitebread blogrolls. If you aren’t tracking SDN you’re going to get blind-sided. Don’t just read other bloggers from your own company – that way groupthink lies.

NetWeaver now lives-too many developers are in the grassroots for it not to be true.

SAP really needs to [get some t-shirts done though](http://uk.wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0geumGZirNEoUcBPmdLBQx.;_ylu=X3oDMTE4dGV0YXRtBGNvbG8DZQRsA1dTMQRwb3MDMQRzZWMDc3IEdnRpZANVS0MwMDFfMTI-/SIG=1363rdtdb/EXP=1152703513/**http%3a//headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2005/07/tshirtfirst_dev.html) (look who’s talking). “I joined the 20k club…”